Bento 203 – melody, keroppi & teddy

Had popiah and bits of bread for dinner. Lovely pink and green bread from local bakery store just ‘shout’ my melody and keroppi to me! So here it is…

This is my first melody in pink!

Added a teddy inari sushi too! Cheese cut out made nose and ears.

Plus popiah.

Cheers
Karen

Bento 202 – quail eggs and noodle

I used to cook this for my kids breakfast. Tonight, this was my dinner. Boiled udon in sesame oil, dark and light soya sauce. Added boiled tau pok and vegetarian mushroom balls.

The egg yolk was too big and didn’t stay centre so I couldn’t make it into a bear as intended. No space for eyes. Ended with this- a fat pikachu in a bear suit! Haha…

I used these silicones to shape the quail eggs while cooking.

Check out my new squirrel picks! <3!

It's TGIF! Have a great weekend!

Cheers!
Karen

Bento 201 – dog rice balls

I had vegetarian chicken rice today. Made 3 balls of rice and made them into doggies with grapes and nori punch out.

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I think I had too much carbs today… burp! should have 2 instead of 3 rice balls, sigh…

Happy bento-ing!
Karen :

bento 200 – bear in mud bath

200! Bentos or like prepared, photographed and eaten thereafter.

Here’s the 200th and also my first – japanese vegetables curry bento.

In the box – rice, curry, steamed carrot, quail egg, edamame and strawberries. added lettuce and honey tomatoes into curry.

I was holding the halved quail egg undecided what to do, my
son walked by and suggested feet! An ‘Aha’ moment for me because he had not shown any interest in my bento-ing before. I am so proud of his idea.

Happy mid week!

Bento 199 – rilakkuma and hello kitty inari sushi

Dinner was the usual steamed stuff and boiled egg with some vegetarian oysters mushroom sauce.

Hello kitty’s ribbon was originally orange. I changed it to red – ‘inspiration’ came while eating strawberries. Think red is nicer, don’t you agree?..added a bouquet (of two) flowers too.

It’s a small bento box… I also had fruits to fill my big stomach!

Cheers!
Karen

bento 198 – Cheeky chicks

All food steamed and boiled in a pot for today’s dinner.

In the box – honey tomatoes, steamed veg, carrot, tau pok (nest), noodles and boiled quail eggs.

This is the first time I quartered the tomatoes and made them into flowers. Easy breezy.

I took a while to cut the quail eggs. They are soft when just cooked. Tip : wait and cut when eggs are at room temperature or cooled down.

My kids were eyeing the chicks and they were ‘gone’ the minute I finished taking photos. Left only one for mummy.

It’s been a week since I started preparing bento for dinner. I am hoping the smaller controlled portion will help me to loose some kgs (with some exercise!). Although the weighing scale still show the same weight (sigh…) I do feel lighter and clothes are looser. I shall continue… Gambate!!

Weekend is almost here… yay!

Cheers
Karen.

bento 197 – Hello Kitty and 2 pups

This is the cat that started my love for charaben bento… 3 years ago! I absolutely heart her. She does not have a mouth because she speaks from her heart. Awwww…

In the box, steamed carrot and veg, honey tomatoes, egg and rice.

I will be posting bento tips and share snippets of my bento experiences in facebook. The link is on top of right column. Hop over and LIKE the page. Hope to ‘see’ you there!

Happy bento-ing…
Karen